Unless the Nets come after Mike Jarvis with a significant offer and do so in a timely fashion, chances are Jarvis will remain at St. John’s for another season, sources told The Post.

“I think Mike got a little turned off by the experience with the Wizards,” said one source. “At this point I think he wants to stay at St. John’s and then see what’s available next year.”

A position could become available with the Celtics next year if Rick Pitino doesn’t get Boston into the playoffs. Sources told The Post that Pitino has one more year to get the Celtics turned around or they will buy out the contract of the former Kentucky coach, the latest in a string of coaches to fail in the transition from the college to professional ranks.

Jarvis, 55, is a Cambridge, Mass., native who began his coaching career at Rindge & Latin High School and then went on to Boston University. He still has friends and family in the Boston area, and Red Auerbach is one of his mentors.

Jarvis was not available yesterday but on Sunday he told The Post that he was happy the situation with the Wizards had been resolved. He said any rumor linking him to another college head coaching job are false.

“I can’t control what other people say or write,” Jarvis said. “I’ve never hidden my interest in coaching in the NBA, but just because there’s an interest doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. I have the best college job in America and that’s what I’m focusing on.”

As for the Nets, former Georgetown player-turned-television executive Michael Jackson is expected to be named team president and director of basketball operations this week. His former coach, John Thompson, may also come on board as general manager or head coach.

If Thompson joins the Nets in a front-office capacity, don’t expect Jarvis to be the head coach. Although Jarvis coached at George Washington while Thompson was at Georgetown, the two are not close. In eight seasons at GW, Jarvis and Thompson could not agree to a regular-season series.

That leaves Isiah Thomas as a potential coaching candidate along with Kenny Smith. A source recently told The Post that Jackson, Thompson and Smith was the most likely triumvirate as president, GM and coach, but then Thompson expressed an interest in coaching.

The Nets became a more attractive coaching opportunity when they won the NBA draft lottery, giving them the top pick. All indications are that Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin will be the first player taken.